Overview
- The victim, identified as Shreelakshmi, was found dead at her Uttarahalli home on Tuesday evening with injuries to her face and neck.
- Investigators say the tenants entered on the pretext of checking her television, smothered her with a pillow, and strangled her before taking her mangalsutra.
- CCTV footage and call records helped Subramanyapura police identify and arrest Prasad Srishaila Makay, 26, and his wife Sakshi, 23, within hours.
- Police recovered the gold chain and the pillow and report the couple confessed during interrogation after being taken into custody.
- The pair has been booked under Sections 103(1) (murder) and 311 (robbery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with forensic and corroborative inquiries continuing.